on the old forum the Rentista Residency is discussed a lot more than here so far, but no one has mentioned this aspect of the requirements. Migraciones' list shows you need a 1+ year contract signed, but nothing about the specifics. the old (censored) forum has:
1. talk about Rentista applications 'saling through' with a contract, but no mention how the Landlord would get a notarized and thus Apostilled rental contract.
https://baexpats.org/threads/rentista-passive-income-through-irrevocable-trust.46341/post-438030
2. talk about showing a Rental Contract and bank statements/income, but no info about
how to get the rent contract notarized.
https://baexpats.org/threads/rentista-how-many-months-of-passive-income-i-have-to-show.46153/
3. one person asked "Do I need to provide a contract/bank statement? It doesn't say on the list of requirements in the official link. They are both in English and can be translated
but not apostilled for sure, would that be okay?" - but no one answered about Notarizing/Apostilling.
https://baexpats.org/threads/rentista-citizenship-via-naturalization-and-tax-compliance.46050/
4. one response was "You will need to provide the rental contract itself" but no one talks about signing, notarizing, apostilling, and how the Tenants would be expected to take a rental contract and get it notarized for the landlord, then mail it to get apostilled.
https://baexpats.org/threads/rentista-visa-lease-agreement.45908/#post-432921
5. this thread just says 'always use a lawyer for Rentista' yet even lawyers i've consulted on Student Residencies and Rentista have no clue on specifics. they just try and then keep trying.
https://baexpats.org/threads/how-of...sa-if-you-are-denied.45346/page-3#post-428611
6. this thread says 'several people have gotten Rentista' but no one is named, and no one offered to help. the discussion of Contracts did not mention the impossibility of getting it notarized/apostilled with the Tenant doing all the work for the landlord (versus a "True Copy Affidavit" PDF Notary).
https://baexpats.org/threads/rentis...-from-a-mortgaged-property.44471/#post-417000
7. this thread says it's easy: "you copy the rental contract, get it notarized and apostilled, and voila." - but there is no mention of in-person Notary versus True Copy Affidavit, still.
https://baexpats.org/threads/rentista-visa.42244/page-3#post-380715
what we DO know about Rentista Residencies is that Migraciones now requires a rental contract
a year or more (impossible for most people renting on FurnishedFinder or Airbnb in the USA) as noted here:
"Titularidad de Bienes Inmuebles
- Título de Propiedad
- Contrato de Locación del cual surja la renta percibida. (contrato de un mínimo de 1 año de duración desde la presentación a Migraciones)(monto mínimo $ 30.000 pesos)
- Comprobante de la extracción de fondos a través de la cual se percibe la cuenta (comprobante cajero automático en la República Argentina)
[Ownership of Real Estate
- Property deed
- Lease Contract from which the rent originates (contract of a minimum duration of 1 year from presentation to Migrations) (minimum amount $30,000 pesos)
- Proof of the withdrawal of funds through which the account is received (ATM receipt in the Argentine Republic)]"
In addition, almost every lawyer now has told me that there will need to be a number of deposits into a local bank account ...
money being transferred in Pesos to an Argentine bank account monthly (unknown number of times, or if it will be the lower/official rate). This is something Migraciones seems to have added just for kicks.
Other sites/lawyers will say you just need to withdraw your foreign checking account from an Argentine ATM and then upload a photo to RADEX, so Migraciones can see that you're able to take out money locally from your Rentista-filled checking account.
The RADEX information is only available (from what I can tell) when you're logged-in, so this
attached PDF might not be publicly available, but it is absolutely clear on Migraciones' RADEX site. check it out!
TL;DR - i'm not sure anyone on these forums has ever submitted a Rentista residency and gotten it approved, and how a Rental Contract can be Apostilled if it's not possible to Notarize it (alreddy signed by the Tenants), and no one seems to know the difference between a True Copy Affidavit w/ Notary versus the typical Notary you do in-person (where the Notary watches you sign).
https://www.nationalnotary.org/notary-bulletin/blog/2014/04/how-to-certify-copy-document
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@Vince yes Apostille usually requires a Notary, but in the case of some official documents, they don't need to be Notarized, it just requires there to be an official signature. for instance, my Birth Certificate was sent from my state to Dan Hickman in Tennessee, where he got it Apostilled from the original state, no notary needed (it was apostilling the original doctor/etc. signatures, and verifying it was real). also, my LLC Articles did not need a Notary, since the Secretary of State already had a signature on them. and my FBI Rap Sheet didn't need a notary, because the Federa Apostille was just verifying the original FBI signature. but my Bank Account PDF needed to be True Copy Affidavit Notarized and then Apostilled in Tennessee, then mailed to me.
@Wally it's not so easy anymore since Migraciones is adding extra steps that are illegal (i'm currently trying the Bank Account version of Rentista, and it's hard). the Rental Contract getting Notarized and Apostilled sounds easy, but Argentina doesn't like USA Notaries (lawyers can battle this) and Apostilling requires an official signature to happen (which would require a Notary). if True Copy Affidavit Notary won't work for an existing Rental Contract, and the Landlord
@Nomadoggo can't go back to the States or beg the tenant to do all this in-person legwork to get it Notarized, then Apostilled in that state, then i don't think anyone knows what Migraciones is expecting or if it's even possible.